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In the live post processing, the iterations of the optimisation are displayed as soon as they are available. The current iteration is shown and the number is displayed at the bottom progress bar. Furthermore, the progress bar shows the planned number of iterations. The Design space can be displayed by selecting the button Initial Shape beneath the progress bar. The optimisation can be aborted by selecting the stop button next to the scenario in the left top corner. After finishing or aborting the optimisation the post process can be left with the exit button in the right bottom corner.
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Automatic Intersection
The shown results inside the post processing are automatically a boolean intersection between the optimisation result and the initial Design space. This ensures all functional sharp edges are available and the generative designed part is inside the boundary limits. This automatic intersection leads to a lower number of polygones in this area which can lead to a lower resolution stress plot. This is only a visual issue inside the post processing. With the Advanced User Settings the automatic intersection can be deactivated if this is desired. More information regarding the Advanced User Settings here.
Stresses
The approximated von Mises stress is shown as a coloured plot. By default, the maximum stresses of all Events are shown in one plot. Therefore, the stresses from all Events are enveloped and the highest stress for each area is shown. In the right top corner the scale from zero to the maximum of this iteration is displayed. The stresses in the colour plot and visualization area are smoothed values of the element representation and therefore estimated values. The goal of generative design is to create a lightweight design which is as close as possible to the elected stress goal.
The stress for each Event separately can be displayed by choosing a specific Event (see picture below).
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By selecting the point chart the stress curve over the iterations can be displayed. Shown is the Relative Achievement of Stress Goal. With a value of 1 the maximum calculated stress equals the desired Stress Goal.
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Attention: The default scale range is set from the minimum to maximum stress value maximum stress is used for the Relative Achievement of Stress Goal chart. Inaccuracies because of FE singularities or stress exceeding because of boundary conditions are included.
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By selecting the mass point chart, the mass curve over the iterations is displayed.
Attention: The final The displayed mass is from the Non-intersected geometry. The mass can change with an intersection!
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Export optimisation Result
The final intersected optimisation results can be exported as an STL-file by selecting the button Export Design Candidate (beneath the progress bar). Because Generative Designs can be very complex, we recommend saving files as Binary-STL. If the Non-intersected optimisation result is desired, e.g. for a retransition to a NURBS CAD Geometry, this file can be found inside the workspace folder.
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Result Files
You can find all result files as well as the different log files of the optimisation in your workspace. By default your workspace is defined as:
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